LAST 24 HOURS IN A NUTSHELL: Top House hashtags: #30years #flipitblue #bluewave Top Senate hashtags: #choosecruz #istand #getthingsdone Interesting climbers: #cultureofcorruption (House: 18th place): While this is a general tag being adopted by Democrats to refer to the current GOP, today’s use comes predominantly from Kansas 03. Here, the main reference is to GOP Rep. Read more about Sept 14 trends: Strange votes and scare tactics[…]

LAST 24 HOURS IN A NUTSHELL: Top House hashtags: #nhpolitics #takeitback #vets4goj Top Senate hashtags: #choosecruz #istand #letsflymi Interesting climbers: #teamsharice (7th place): Supporters of Democrat Sharice Davids in Kansas 03. #goptaxscam (9th place): A catch-all for criticism of the GOP tax law. Today particularly active in Pennsylvania 01 and Virginia 10. #silentbrian (10th place): Read more about Sept. 13 trends: Veterans, veterans, veterans[…]

LAST 24 HOURS IN A NUTSHELL: Top House hashtags: #nhpolitics #takeitback #nhprimary Top Senate hashtags: #choosecruz #cruzcrew #letsflymi Interesting climbers: #30years: From Dem candidate Harley Rouda in CA48. This is how long it’s been since the district was represented by a Democrat. #MedicareForAll: Strong showing in the last several days, but predominately due to NH01 Read more about Sept. 12 trends: NH elections, churning Cruz[…]

For all its great benefits, Twitter is a nightmare. Particularly for political dialogue. It’s difficult to tell what’s real. The level of discourse is occasionally elevated, but more often resembles hundreds of people shouting in a crowded room together. And it’s very hard to get any sense for what’s happening on a larger scale. That’s Read more about Introducing Pollchatter: Transparency for election-related tweets[…]